The Quire: An Omnibus of Story

by Diana Kathryn Penn, Andrew Allen Smith, Chelsea Gouin

The title of this book is “The Quire; an omnibus of Story.” We chose this title because of the word’s definition and connection to the world of words and books.

A set of twenty-four uniform sheets of paper.Bookbinding, section of printed leaves in proper sequence after folding; gathering.We selected twenty-four of the most popular genres (with descriptions from our primary source, The Book Genre Dictionary and then put out a call for submissions. We received a wonderful response, yet we didn’t receive stories in all of the twenty-four genres we suggested. Still, the authors you’re about to read donated their work to this project with tremendous enthusiasm. We hope you enjoy reading these stories as much as we enjoyed writing them.

377 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 30, 2024

About the author

Diana Kathryn is founder, publisher, editor, and mentor at Pages Promotions, LLC. She is also the host of a Michigan-based weekly,podcast program that spotlights independent authors and other people of the book; Indie Reads Aloud. Diana Kathryn believes in fostering a love for the written word in all its forms. Her love of literacy knows (almost) no bounds.

Diana Kathryn’s Muse, Drake, helps her with the tough stuff, quacking inspiration in her ear whenever she might need it. Their imaginations are fueled by an abundance of hot cocoa as they write together.

Diana Kathryn lives in SE Michigan with her dog Charlie. When not writing, she enjoys hiking; kayaking; escaping to her cabin in the woods to write; spending time with her son, Zachary, and the Indie Author Community, cheese in large quantities; chocolate; Carl Orff, and Mozart.